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Show HIGHLY HAZARDOUS Attack Launched Against Accidents on Home Front ff'iM'' Feature Theres place like home especially when it comes to danger. Home accidents kill one person every 15 minutes and injure someone every six and a half seconds. Injuries alone from mishaps at home reach 4.800,000 a year, according to the National Safety council. Approximately 130,000 of these leave permanent marks ranging from simple burns to no serious cripplings. Yet tlie home ae- cident rate climbs higher every WhyT The answer, according to the safety council, i that when people are at home they unconsciously feel safer from accidents. When completely relaxed, they are off guard. This attitude makes them more vulnerable, accounting for the difficulty In preventing home accidents. Warfare against the menace of home accidents Is being carried on along many fronts. Safety councils, insurance conipsn-l-n and government agencies ara conducting bread educational campaign t make people aware af the home front hasard. Effective attacks against the enemy within" are being launched by a nui .oer of manufacturers of home appliances and devices that ordinarily cause home accidents when . lessly used or abused. Safety is blueprinted into the design and Vi engineering of a growing number of the r- Will Raise Dogs down river and lb tributaries. The great sprawling unruly river may be lamed through plans bid basis of the giant model's full perspective. For Army Corps gjsdssippl ROCKET PLANE 29, ... after he piloted Bell XS-- 1 racket powered plane, which la teats at Marne, Calif., reached a speed ef SM miles reo-or- d per hoar. lie will later try foe ef miles per bear. 1,706 '117" 'wx ( Rural Youngsters at the small of the great PILOTED Chalmers (Slick) GnodUn, ol be-lo- g . ? mechanical gadgets going Into the bouse. A cordless electric Iron combining safety with convenience eliminates the fire hazard to the ironing board. A luminita switch plat which automatically turns on when regular room lights are turned off eliminates the need for groping while trying to locate light switches and prevents tumbles over furniture in dark rooms. A new knife rack that hangs on the wall replaces the clutter of cutlery found in the uaual kitchen drawer. A new portable electric room colls preheater with To guard vents burn or shock. against falls in slippery tubs or on tile floors, a new bath mat has a vacuum grip. be Housewives no longer prone to fall off kitchen stools, a new variety of step-stohaving a ixckY SEVEN , . Left te right, frent, Barbara Jenea, Dawn Bae Norma Chris re-which automatically hinged top j)hun; second row, Joyce Eribaaa, Leals Campbell, at a right angle to Uie upper pber; top, Jean Roger and Beverly Lobes Throe seven students of conn. step, preventing the user from step--. Pasadena Junior college were chosen ns members af the royal which Included the queen, of the Tournament af Rases ping too far forward. New Year's Hay celebration year. OL MAN RIVER DOWN TO SIZE . . . Aa army and a civilian engineer are looking irmv for every 1.000 feet, model from which the army to building a colossal model, scaled one foot If 3 g Hsexw 'AVIATION NOTES Rural youngster will play an important role in a plan to raiae dogs for purchase by the army, according to an announcement released by tha Army Dog Association, Inc., a nonprofit organization that help the army obtain animab for the l corps. At present the project calls for boys and girls living within the farm area bordering New Yorks metropolitan area New Jersey, northeastern Pennsylvania, the lower Hudson valley and Long Island to The area bring up the animala aa - .S iWarx ' If1' ' AIRPORT CHATTER - .' sy 4!- - planes brought 260 " members of Elka lodges from all . P. ".fatparts of Wisconsin to Milwaukee on the first of a scries of breakfast flights. Despite gusty cross winds, ' all 88 planes landed without a mis- hap a lid, after the meeting, took off in 28 minutes. A more extensive breakfast flight la planned next summer. . . . First feeder airline in Washington state, connecting Walla Walla and Seattle through Kennewick, will go into operation In JanuDISC d ary with new Becchcraft transports. The airline will be operated by Inland Airways, I" Inc., with Perry Cole, army air Orforce veteran, as president ganization of tha Iowa chapter of tha American Association of Airport Executives was perfected at a two-da'V! aviation clinic In Dea Moines. Wai- -i -- J: lter Bctiworth, manager of the Sioux City airport, waa named temporary BLIND GOLFERS HOLD TOURNEY . . . Excellent scores were made Calif. president of Die group, which has a when blind galfora held their rlmmplonshlp mrel at Inglewood, C. F, golf cbamploa, potential membership of 40. Prin- Left to right, raddy Bruce Schwarts; cipal value of the group will ha to Ruasell; raddy Billy Fincher, and Marvin Shannon, present champion act as a clearing house for Ideas on of the blindmrn golfers. They were aided by their raddles In obtaining on n airport operating problems. . , . the proper linn and distance to the enp on the putting green, When Virgil B. Day Jr. made a guide dog looks an in approval. forced landing in hi light sports plana during a touch football game on tha Kearney, N. J., oval, the football players came to his rescue. The players found the trouble a plugged gas line fixed it and helped Day take off. Then they resumed their game. . , . Reports show that during the past year 52,850 acre of farm crops in the state of Washington were treated with dust or spray spread by planes for control of Insect pests or diseases. Eighty-nin- K-- e r AWARDED SEVEN MEDALS . . . TSgt. Llewellyn M. ChU-ooAkron, U-- , and Malvern, Pa., who accounted for more than 260 enemy In fighting, la shown with wife and daughter after he had been decorated with seven medals by u, Ex-arm- y President Truman. twin-engine- ' ... While participation In the prob not necessarily limited It la believed (hat to both aa a patriotic project and one Involving experience In an interesting phase of animal husbandry, the plan of rabing puppies until thry ore old enough to be enlisted In the ormy win appeal especially to members of the Boy Scmita, Four-l- l clubs and other youngsters. On the basis of performance under all climatic conditions, the army has decided to limit its dog force fur the time being to German shepherds. The services of dogs in the recent war convinced the army that the corps should have a place In its permanent establishment gram teen-ager- s, of Peace EfTFKNATIONAL SYMBOL OF PEACE . . . Selected by the Tolled Nations bulletin aa the Picture --Uw peace that is the epitome of the U.N.'a goal, Pownal Center, u pretty village in the southwest earner of by Thomas Pownal on charter granted by i. rlrh In historical associations. It was founded In 176 men 11 of its young and sue young womnn to World Wnr II. sent It af ISO, With a II. population Lag George no JaiL baa hunal Center Cowhands Snort at Kigh Faintin Hunt PHOENIX. ARIZ. None of this pink coated, high folutin fox chasing for Arizona cattlemen, who traditionally like their shooting straight and their hunting strictly western. Disgusting snorts in regard to fancy pink clothe" and dudes'1 are emanating from a new organ! zation created here the Arizona e Cow Hands Fox Hunting association. It all started when cattlemen read about plans for an English style fox hunt nt Tucson. Ridiculous," snorted John Ed-- . of the new 'ward Dalton, I sure never thought any. group. one would get himself all rigged up ,n fan-- v pink clothes and go chasing ' fuX around this Arizona coun-tura Old-Tim- . Ken. Thee- - t, farms established ... sailors Instrurt natives by the iu modern On Mississippi is shown ns he appeared before fhr first of two senate committees I. ing charges against him. Expi r.jiand white sopremacy cam-- . try." paign are being investigated by the twa committees. Charges nt the I Washington hearing are bringing FSyCROlOgiSt IsIVeS out pressure made upon army engt-- . Raw neers in securing construction con--. NEB. LINCOLN. Although he tracts for supporters af Senator Bilbo In Mississippi. may hover In one grade for several large, backward years, the boy may be brighter than many of the classmates who Jibe at him. Aa thorlty for the statement is Dr. D. A Worcester, director of University of Nebraska educational psychology clinic. The psychologist, who has tested more than 6,000 children during the last 10 years, says: Many children are labeled dull in our public schools because of remediable deHe lists the most common fects. these as speech, hearing and sight mental deficiencies and certain (rirultural methods. Produce from the farms and rehabilitation of natives. b used for naval pep-ma- 'null' -- I BENCn SITTER ... Baruch la ant Lard Beavei ftp GIVEN CHURCHMAN AWARD ... Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower of hb world presentation Churchmen; award, and bis presented with the Churchman Award In recognition fcsdmhip In victory and peace. Shown here daring the left to right: Dr. Gny Emery Shipley, editor of the b, t'nrral Eisenhower; Bernard Baruch, who made tb taert Patterson, necretnry of war. the only beneb sitter. brook, former British minister af war production, takra Ume nut while visiting New York City to Central park and enjoy the of the birds and pigeoaa. Lord Beaverbrook la not a trirger to Central park nor does he np pear to be a stranger to the pigeons-1 1,1'W uioC'mOTM uomiu.i; js ; -- ! , ii - is ii ' $ i, IwiuywdJkriiw&aisaAoiUktoamndlHaidiiH CUSTER HERO GETS PURPLE HEART FINALLY . . . Charlie ane of two 83, first sergeant under General Custer's cominind. haa been Little of finally Ilora, battle Big of the living survivors decorated with tlx- Purple Heart for wounds received In the hlstorle Col. Pnul engagement In July. 1876. The nward Is being pinned on by W. Mopes at the Windolph home at Lead, K. D. Wlndulph la the oldest living holder e the Congressional Medal of Honor. Win-dolp- - ... 'HIGH JUMP WINGS a crew member of the Mount Olympus, flagship of the avys Operatlim High Jump expedition to the Antarctic, la ihown in cold weather rlolhlng aa ho get into s plane nboard Uie flap ship. ADOPTS SYMBOLS To speed of t .r r;.r go, TWA has instituted a system nf sterw Monkeys sf Monkeys riling jiiirkages with distinctive symmen bol r presenting destination points. CHICAGO. Monkeys ilificationi 'being Some of the v hwi they keys vut of lhcmse;. -- kx;d to n of Liberty Par the are used Statue suec:.trap !vi!ned by for Cairo, BrK;,:id zoo atternl..: '1) to lure .New York, the sphinx them i.v.') quarters. The trap, "tnr liop," nickname of its business whicn iaved a lot of voc;.. ry ard srctlon, for Chirago, the automobfla Detroit, the capitol dorna for footw rk, consisted of a tw-Washington, the Colosseum for partrr.cnt box furnished vi'-t-i s for Paris, the Rome, the , rarl and a banana. The i. lf,,clr-.eby either, enter d the box t lephant for Bombay and a Miaki wer trapped, ejSn.er for Calcutta. TO SWEDISH POST . . . Lento G. Dreyfus Jr., 67, Santa Barbara, Calif., who sailed recently from New York City to take np hi new duties aa United States ambassador to Sweden. He waa appointed a consular assistant in 1916. lto la a careerman. : I V Mimlr Trap Hakes 10" '' DUCHESS SEES QUEEN KISSED Duchess of Windsor nerved as Jude at 'LIUle Sister Beauty Contest, held nt Boys chib. New York. Victoria Dobrowolskl, chosen queen, la being given n legal kina by her proud brother, Francis. . . . The P., a Braalr block. ' j ' Victor G. Carlson, flying farmer of Cherokee, la., brlievra the Ume will come whea there will bo a plana aa evrry Iowa farm, lie has found his plane practical and a great time saver In operating three separate farms totaling BOO acres. The Carlsons are a flying family, with excep-Uo- a of Mrs, Carlsoa, who baa taken only one ride In a plane. CarUona soa, Dm, 19, also baa a private flying license and twa olhora members of Uie family, Helen, 17, and Jack, 16, are taking Instruction. , FEEDING THE COBS ON GUAM S. naval government on Guam, : fv, K5j ex-bli- K-- wkbisii if vvj; : v rr.-.- - corn-vis- it r fleur-de-li- ' Kj I I s . 41 1 ifcamarni mT i.- - 1- yf- - president nf Mexico, MEXICOS NEW PRESIDENT . . . arrived for the Mignel Aleman and Mrs. Aleman urn shown a they the Inauguration ceredlplemaUc reerplion at the national palace during monies. Aleman sMccecdcd Gen. Manuel Avila Camacho. Inauguration ceremonlra were the most colorful and elaborate la the history af the the diplomatic repuhlle. RepresenlaUvra ef IB countries attended Newly-lnstmll- I ami-- 1 iii Mi i . ;-- uli - --- - -- HUNDRED YEARS OLD . . . Mm. Marla Basalacchl, Milwsakee, Wia aa she celebrated her 180th birth266 tr today anniversary. Nearly party. the birthday attended tter |